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Vice President for Women and Family Affairs:
The prevention of tobacco consumption, culturalization should start from
school.

On Monday, June 21 of this year, a consensus meeting to
investigate the issues and harms of smoking in women and
children was held in the office of the Vice President for Women and
Family Affairs with the presence of (by) Dr. Ensieh Khazali, Vice
President for Women and Family Affairs, Dr. Atefeh Madbaranejad,
for Women and Family Affairs, and Dr. Zeinab Akhtari, Advisor for
Women and Family Affairs, Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism
and Handicrafts ,
Dr. Afsane Tavasoli, Faculty Member of Al-Zahra University, Regarding the state of smoking, he said: The prevalence of
Dr. Mohammad Reza Masjedi, General Secretary of Iranian smoking has increased significantly in the age group of 18 to
Anti-Tobacco association( IATA), Dr. Fatemeh Matinkhah, Director 35 years, especially among women. Daily smoking among
of Clean Breath Unit, and Zahra Sadr, Director of Women’s Unit women aged 18 to 24 has increased by 190%.
of IATA, Fatemeh Azim Beig, Head of Control Research Center Expressing his concern about the increase in smoking among
Tobacco and Dr. Tahereh Mohsenzadeh, the scientific secretary of teenagers and girls, Dr. Masjedi said: 3.4% of teenagers aged
the Pod project, in Rabat Karim and other guests. 13-15 were smokers in 2016, which compared to 1400, more
According to the public relations report of (IATA) quoting from the than 13% among teenagers and 133% among girls has in-
Vice President for Women and Family Affairs; In this meeting, creased.
Dr. Ensieh Khazali pointed out the necessity of culture developing He said: According to the statistics provided by the Ministry of
(culturalization) and promotion of health literacy regarding the issue Health, cigarette production in 1401 amounted to 70.5 billion
of tobacco from schools and students. cigarettes, which 38 billion cigarettes were produced by GTI
She mentioned the use of the capacities created by the projects (Japan Tobacco International) and 13 billion cigarettes by BTA
being implemented by the deputy such as family, health and (British American Tobacco) and so far the number of cigarette
lifestyle as a place where these trainings can be included. production factories has increased from 6 units to 38 units,
In the following, Dr. Khazali emphasized the need to amend or which is a warning that increases the consumption of tobacco
intensify the laws governing the broadcasting of films and serials, in developing countries and decreases consumption in devel-
the home television network and virtual space while pointing out the oped countries.
existence of restrictive laws and considered the appointment of a Since their target society is girls, future mothers and women,
focal point to be effective in preventing or reducing the consumption more consideration should be done in this regard.
of tobacco. In this meeting, the statistics of international forums and the in-
In this meeting, the General Secretary of IATA stated that smoking crease in smoking among Iranian women were mentioned and
is the main risk factor for the occurrence of more than 50 non-com- the results of researches were explained, including the effect
municable diseases and 18-20 types of cancer, and said: 20 to 30 of cigarette smoke on the fetus, as well as the content analy-
percent of heart attacks and strokes are related to smoking. sis of the representation of smoking in movies and series on
Nearly 150,000 cases of cancer occur in the country every year, and television, home theater networks and comparing it with some
one-third of cancer cases can be prevented by controlling smoking. series.

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